Andy Croy

Very cunning plan to boost the economy by getting people to splurge on wind-up radios, tinned food and other war provisons. Very cunning.

Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 30% (+1) RFM: 22% (-2) CON: 20% (=) GRN: 10% (+1) LDM: 9% (=) SNP: 3% (+1) Via @opiniumresearch.bsky.social, 21-23 Oct. Changes w/ 7-9 Oct.

Really enjoying the BBC rinsing Donald Trump in court. Excellent use of my license fee.

I mean it’s not a vetting problem, is it? It’s that it’s a racist party, run by racists, with racist policies, for the benefit of racists. The fact that it turns out to be full of racists is not a glitch

Today, the Independent Football Regulator has released the State of the Game report, the biggest financial report on football in the country's history. My thoughts as a Reading FC MP👇

The Beagle has Landed sounds quite good.

What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff

This exchange between Russian Yandex and the Ukrainian missile company Firepoint.

According to Cloudflare Data Explorer the amount of russian bot traffic has dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center. yoda69 / twitter

Trump sanctions on the ICC and agreeing to subsidise Russia's war is just as damaging to Europe as anything in Putin's hybrid war.

FT exclusive: the coup against Sir Ed Davey has begun... www.ft.com/content/523f...

‼️ Labour HOLD Holborn and St Pancras Labour: 45.0% (-3.9) Green: 32.7% (+22.3) Conservative: 7.0% (-0.2) Reform: 5.9% (-0.2) Liberal Democrats: 3.4% (-2.4) Restore: 2.5% (+2.5) Workers: 1.1% (+1.1)

Holborn and St Pancras By election looking like... Lab 45-50% Grn 30-35% Cons 5-10%

The deranged ramblings of a diseased mind

Sky's discussion on turnout in Holborn & St Pancreas should perhaps mention that the 54% turnout in the GE was low. UK average was 60%.

Sky's Craig all over the place. "We shouldn't make predictions on turnout before we know" like it's some sort of sacred law. Immediately regurgitates predictions on the result.

Jon Craig on Sky News claiming that a postal voter was so upset by the Green conference vote that they cancelled their postal vote and voted in person at a polling station instead. That is utter nonsense.

All taken from my recent Swingometer preview of the by-election, which you can read here: swingometer.substack.com/p/the-holbor...

A little bit of political trivia for you as voters head to the polls in the Holborn & St Pancras by-election. Camden council, where the seat is located, has proved to be quite the political hothouse, featuring 3 future Grn leaders, 1 future UKIP leader, 6 future Con MPs & 5 future Lab MPs...1/?

IF the strike aircraft were driven out of RAF Fairford by an enemy threat, then that enemy has enjoyed more success than the Luftwaffe during the whole of the Battle of Britain.

i’d laugh myself silly if they turned out to be a bunch of pongos on a security test of the base who got rumbled by miss marple the farmers wife

I have a horrible feeling that the very English thing was that she wandered into the middle of a surveillance operation/trap that was about to be sprung while the culprits were in the act, cue lots of swearing from people who lurk in shadows.

At some part of the UK (&US) intelligence distribution system, someone has one eye on how much they are happy for Trump to blurt out after his latest briefing.

I have a really bad feeling about my Christmas presemt haul this year.

"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us.

Judge refuses to consider 300 page skeleton argument generated by ChatGPT lnkd.in/p/e9g5ANfz

The difference between the performance of immigrants in England and Western Europe is staggering. (20 pts equals a year of learning.) I looked at this in detail in the post - it can't be explained away by language or relative advantage of different immigrant communities. There is a policy factor.

"There is modern slavery happening right now." Migrant care workers are told to stay silent, accept poor treatment and endure exploitation because they are tied to a single employer. It's a system that traps workers with abusive employers. We need a better way. #FairVisasNow

Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

Again, stop conceding the talking points of the right. The description 'unvetted' comes up in right wing Facebook posts constantly. This really isn't about security checks. Have we 'vetted' masked men intimidating RNLI volunteers?

A local party for local people. Very Little Britain.

Reform's ground troops making Britain much less safe. If one person drowns off the coast because the RNLI weren't able to launch from Portsmouth lifeboat station, their death is blood on the hands of these nasty racist thugs who value human life as cheap, if they value it at all.

Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.

The Court of Directors of the Bank of England has a fascinating history and its external members are appointed on advice of the Chancellor. It's not a court, that's just a fancy name, it’s essentially the board that oversees the Bank’s operations. ⁠(1/5)

Farage’s ultra donors have made their move – it’s time to make ours. If you don’t want cryptobillionaires buying power, join Labour today. Reform’s for them. Labour’s for us. join.labour.org.uk/join

Tommy Robinson repeatedly asked supporters for donations to help grooming-gang survivors. One survivor featured in his films told Dispatches she knew nothing about a fundraiser he said would benefit her: “He’s using me to say that the money’s going to me… but it’s not.” #C4Dispatches

RNLI volunteers put themselves in harm’s way to save lives. They should never face abuse or threats for doing so. That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year. They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “The word "remigration" is nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color.”

Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? We can reveal the story that undermines the public statement of Kent Police. 🧵

Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you.

Tim makes people who reply to emails from Nigerian princes look skeptical.

Two of the 'men' in the mob which assaulted women at the Reform conference were a local councillor and a former Parliamentary candidate. www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/2653098...

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)